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Yeah I don't see what the issue is. If this machine was near me for that price, I would buy it.
People pay crazy prices for pinball machines because they are awesome and hard to come by. Plus, they hold their value, and increase, making it one of the smartest entertainment values you can buy.
Every wife should be ecstatic about the fact that if their husbands are spending fun money on something that holds it's value so well. God knows the whoa-mans are not doing the same 
Quoted from kaneda:I made $14/hr in high school washing cars. Nobody making that much should even consider buying / owning a pinball machine. Better to invest the $1,000 in the future. I would guess that 95% of pinside makes more than $14 / hr.
You live in NY city...
You're right, people with low income should not have fun, and only buy console gaming that's worth nada in a few years. Much better choice right?
Quoted from CaptainNeo:Pinball was not that expensive of a hobby. Not until the stupidity price era (2 1/2 to 3 years ago) did prices start to get to a level that the common person couldn't afford DMD games.
I know eh Neo...it was insane wasn't it? Guys posting "I dontz gotta sell, but if I do... here's my stupidly priced era breakdown". Then they rag on everyone else's prices for the next three years... 
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